East Wind

This fleet of advancing cargo, sardine and mackerel boats has something of the conquering air of a flotilla of viking ships. And they are equally picturesque, for the fishermen of Italy have an eye for beauty no less competent than their hand for utility. We may surmise that they invented the color known as Italian pink, so gloriously does it show itself in the sails of these boats. The white foam whispers and murmurs to the proudly lifted prows. The breeze sings. The color of ships and sea and sky is richly harmonized. A spontaneous piece of painting that gives great joy to the beholder—as it must have done to the artist.